(Weird as the wail of a wraith, to me).

Soft as the light dew

Falling the night through.

Faint as a sea-shell’s lullaby.

Moonlight around—mist, mist on the water—

Mist—’tis the drapery of Death on the deep.

White-robed we come—babe, mother and maiden—

Priest—warrior—pity us, sweet sea, and keep—

Dear Sea that has nursed us, in thee let us sleep.

Into the sea, the soothing sea.